“We’ve been fortunate to have good community support and we like to give back to the community,” Silverman told the Gazette. “This was screaming out for our help.”

As the Gazette previously reported, First Baptist was being nudged to move the organ out of its six-year home at the former Blessed Sacrament Church on Centre Street.

First Baptist at 633 Centre St. lost its rare 1859 organ in a devastating 2005 fire. It bought an 1872 organ as a replacement. But, while much of the church building has been restored, the sanctuary has not, and fund-raising for that continues. The organ has remained in storage.

The organ is massive, with 1,700 pipes and huge slabs of stone used to pressurize its bellows. Silverman said he has never moved anything like it in his 33 years in business, calling it “as big as some people’s first floor.” While Mark’s provided free moving, the church did have to hire organ experts to help, Wiest-Laird said.

Silverman read about the church’s plight in the Boston Globe. He said he is Jewish and has no religious connection to the church.

“This situation had nothing to do with religion or anything like that,” he said. Instead, it is about “another human in need” and the church’s dream of restoring its glory.

“I’m certainly not ordained, but I like to preach a little bit,” Silverman said. “What I preach is, when people have a dream, they should not give up on that dream.”

Wiest-Laird said that First Baptist received several generous local offers to store the organ, including from JP’s Arborway Auto, but that Mark’s offered the best situation.